Official English is popular. even among Hispanics. As I said before during the debate on my amendment. if you look at some of the recent polling data. such as the Zogby poll in 2006. it found 84 percent of Americans. including 77 percent of Hispanics. believed that English should be the national language of government operations. A poll of 91 percent of foreignborn Latino immigrants agreed that learning English is essential to succeed in the United States. according to a 2002 Kaiser Family Foundation survey. I wish to conclude by saying that I think it would be a tremendous demonstration of good faith by the White House to support my legislation. America has plenty of language problems already. If the Senate version of the Presidents immigration proposals should become law. every guest worker and ever recipient of amnesty would arrive on our shores as a little bundle of linguistic entitlements. Local government offices and public schools will be simply overwhelmed by the costly language mandates each of these individuals and their families will trigger. A nation certain of Its language and culture can continue to be a welcoming nation to legal immigrants. A nation with uncontrolled borders and no convictions about what it expects immigrants to do once they arrive will soon become a nation in name only. Mr. President. my legislation is good for America and good for everyone in America.
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